Assignment -7. Middle Bread Colonies

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The main product of the Middle Colonies was: wheat livestock dairy products

wheat

Why would the Middle Colonies be referred to as the bread basket? Because they fed the other colonies through their food products Because their food products were developed through advanced hybrid farming Because they produced more agricultural products than any other regions Because they provided wheat to every region in America

Because they fed the other colonies through their food products

Which of the following areas was not importing food products from the middle colonies? The eastern hemisphere The islands of the Caribbean The colonists homelands Canada

Canada

What best defines a tailor? A businessman from Philadelphia. One who repairs or makes clothes to order. One who farmed the land in the Middle Colonies.

One who repairs or makes clothes to order.

The main port city of the Middle Colonies was: Boston Philadelphia Trenton

Philadelphia

What were the main export products of the Middle Colonies? textile products furniture products farm products

farm products

The main occupation of the Middle Colonies was

farming

How did the Middle Colonies differ from the New England Colonies? The soil was more fertile and the winters shorter in the Middle Colonies. The Middle Colonies had longer winters. Timber was the main export of the Middle Colonies.

The soil was more fertile and the winters shorter in the Middle Colonies.

Why did some colonists become skilled craftsman in the Middle Colonies? There was not enough land for all the population to become farmers. The strong economy provided more opportunities than farming. They were of religious groups that were not allowed to own land. Some colonists wanted to earn more money to become middle class.

The strong economy provided more opportunities than farming.

Why were natural waterways important to the Middle Colonies? Waterways helped to provide surplus crops for farmers. Waterways helped in the shipbuilding industries. Waterways provided cheap transportation of goods.

Waterways provided cheap transportation of goods.


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